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LulzSec: Some love them, others loathe, yet others don't care about them

It has been a quite successful run for the anonymous hacker group Lulz Security, responsible for the security breach of corporations and government agencies including PBS, Sony, Nintendo, Fox, FBI affiliate Infragard, US Senate, and Bethesda Softworks among its high profile targets. The group still manages to tweet and communicate through Pastebin and their own website without a domain-seize threat from federal agencies. The virtually connected members of the group with the face of a caricature,...

'IMF hackers wrote specific codes to gain market moving insider information'

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Sony, Google, the FBI, Lockheed Martin, Citigroup, and now the International Monetary Fund (IM) -- the tentacles of cyber criminals are not sparing any big ticket organisation in the world. The infiltration might have involved significant reconnaissance prior to the attack, and code may have been written specifically to penetrate the the Fund, according to a former cybersecurity specialist at the World Bank.
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Texas Probes 'Psychic' After False Mass Grave Tip

After not discovering any bodies, A Texas Sheriff's Captain says authorities will investigate the self-professed 'psychic' who told authorities there was a mass grave in a farmhouse in a Liberty County town.
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Hoax or Truth: Report says 20 bodies found in Hardin, Texas mass grave

As many as 20 bodies have been recovered from a house in Hardin, Texas, which is suspected to a have a mass grave, according to CNN. Federal officials confirmed the unearthing of bodies, including those of children, even as various theories are doing the rounds regarding the mass grave in Hardin, 50 miles from Houston.
Sony Hacked by LulzSec, May Play Cat and Mouse Following Apple

FBI moles run illegal sites that deal in hackers' loot of sensitive data

The hackers' world is one of immense intrigue; betrayal looms large ahead of them at every turn and nasty surprises are what they deal with every day. And then, they cohabit with the strangest partners, the law enforcement machinery. For some, the governments offer protection against the pirates, hackers and cyber criminals of all hues, while for others, it's the government machinery that is in the dock - for invasive control over every movement, even the thought processes of all people.
Call for vigilante for Obama administration and NATO

LulzSec keeps busy: FBI affiliate agency hacked; NATO, Obama administration threatened

In an apparent protest against the NATO and Obama administration, the LulzSec group announced the breach of FBI affiliate website, the Atlanta chapter of Infragard. The group raised claims that they have taken “complete control” over the website and has “defaced it”. They also announced that the data including passwords obtained from infragardatlanta.org would prove useful for them to hack into other FBI affiliates, since a lot of users tend to reuse their passwords even though the practice is ...
Homepage of Sony Pictures Entertainment

Sony hacked again: Embarassed company was ‘asking for it’

Just days after Sony restored its PlayStation Network and working to restore trust back to its customers, a new cyber attack hit the company again, this time it targeted Sony Pictures. The hackers reportedly stole 1 million users’ personal information from the Sony Pictures database.
Women walk past the logo of Google in front of its former headquarters in Beijing

U.S. probes China hacking allegations

The U.S. government is investigating the very serious allegations from Google Inc. that hackers, probably from China, sought to access the Gmail accounts of senior U.S. officials, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday.
Numerous Gmail Accounts Hijacked via Spear Phishing

Numerous Gmail Accounts Hijacked via Spear Phishing

Google said that Gmail email accounts in United States and Asia have been penetrated by hackers who stole the passwords through a phishing scam. Many of the accounts broken belonged to senior US government officials Chinese political activists, military personnel, and journalists.

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